Would You Rather Questions

62 would you rather questions that start real conversations: “know the future or change the past?”, “a big wedding or a small one?”, “always 10 minutes late or always 20 minutes early?”. Clean enough for the whole family.

Would you rather questions cards to print (PDF)

These four pages show the would you rather cards: 12 on a page in color, 8 big cards, a small 20-card page in black and white, and the matching card backs. Click any picture for the PDF, or use the generator above to choose the number of cards per page.

Print the would you rather questions cards

• Choose the deck, the level and how many cards fit on a page (8 big cards, 12, or 20 small ones).
• Add your own cards at the bottom: family names, inside jokes, films your group loves.
• Tick Card backs to add a matching back page (print double-sided, flip on the long edge).
• Press Download PDF or Print, cut along the dotted lines, and shuffle.

Play it now on a phone or a TV

No cards to cut? Use the game below. Pick a level, set the timer and let the game keep score for two teams. Put it on full screen on a laptop or TV for the whole room, and press Copy link to send the same shuffled deck to friends on a video call so everyone follows along.

How to play the would you rather game

• Read a card aloud. Everyone chooses at the same time: point up for the first option, down for the second.
• People in the smaller group explain their choice. The group can vote on the best argument.
• At a kitty party, the host gives a small prize to the most convincing answer of the round.
• On a team call, use one card as an icebreaker at the start of the meeting.

Would you rather questions list: all 62

Read each pair after “Would you rather…”.

1. give up your phone for a month or give up sweets for a year?
2. always be 10 minutes late or always be 20 minutes early?
3. have a personal chef or have a personal driver?
4. live in the mountains or live by the beach?
5. know the future or change the past?
6. travel the world for a year or get a free house?
7. never have to cook again or never have to clean again?
8. read minds or be invisible?
9. be the best singer at every wedding or be the best dancer at every wedding?
10. have unlimited holidays or have unlimited money for books?
11. speak every language or play every instrument?
12. live without music or live without films?
13. only watch comedies or only watch thrillers?
14. have a rewind button in life or have a pause button in life?
15. always know when someone is lying or always get away with a fib?
16. be famous or be rich?
17. have a big wedding or have a small wedding?
18. eat street food forever or eat five-star food forever?
19. go on a road trip or go on a cruise?
20. live in the city or live in a village?
21. lose your wallet or lose your phone?
22. work from home forever or work from a beach cafe forever?
23. have a garden or have a terrace with a view?
24. be stuck in a lift with your boss or be stuck in a lift with your in-laws?
25. be able to fly or be able to teleport?
26. always win at cards or always win at board games?
27. have more time or have more money?
28. never feel cold or never feel sleepy?
29. have a photographic memory or be able to learn any skill in a day?
30. wake up at 5 every day or sleep at 3 every night?
31. only drink tea or only drink coffee?
32. host every family party or never be invited to one?
33. have a clean house or have a cooked meal waiting every day?
34. live 100 years ago or live 100 years in the future?
35. be a famous chef or be a famous author?
36. explore space or explore the deep sea?
37. have a pet that lives forever or have a pet that can talk?
38. give a speech to 1,000 people or sing on stage to 100 people?
39. go without the internet for a week or go without a bed for a week?
40. meet your favorite actor or meet your favorite cricketer?
41. know how you will spend your last day or know when it will be?
42. always say what you think or never speak again?
43. find true love or find a suitcase full of gold?
44. have a long, happy life or have a short, exciting one?
45. be the funniest person in the room or be the smartest person in the room?
46. live in a tiny house in the best city or live in a huge house in a boring town?
47. eat only spicy food or eat only sweet food?
48. never have to wait in a queue again or never get stuck in traffic again?
49. relive your best day or skip your worst day?
50. be able to talk to animals or be able to talk to babies?
51. have your life made into a film or have it made into a book?
52. win a game show or win a talent show?
53. own a vineyard or own a tea estate?
54. always have perfect hair or always have perfect skin?
55. travel by train everywhere or travel by plane everywhere?
56. have a job you love that pays little or have a job you dislike that pays a lot?
57. have ten children or have none?
58. live without air conditioning or live without heating?
59. be a famous artist after you die or be a failed artist while alive?
60. retire at 40 or work happily until 80?
61. have breakfast in Paris or have dinner in Tokyo?
62. sing every sentence or dance every time you walk?

Would you rather game: three rounds for a game night

The would you rather game is easy to run in rounds, and a 20-minute plan keeps the energy up. Start light and finish with the questions that need more thought:

Good would you rather questions: the balance test

Good would you rather questions pass a simple balance test: if most of the room picks the same side, the question is not good. The best questions split a group about evenly, and the people in the smaller group have the best stories. If a card from the list does not split your group, skip it, and add a question that does.

How the 62 would you rather questions are built

The 62 questions fall into themes, and the grouping below is by keyword, so a few questions could fit two themes:

Would you rather for adults clean: topics that stay friendly

Would you rather for adults clean means that the choices are fun without being rude or personal. Money, work, time and travel are good topics for mixed groups, because everyone has an opinion and nobody has to reveal anything private. Avoid questions about family members or about a person present in the room.

Would you rather cards: how to print and play

Print the would you rather cards at 12 per page for a game night: the 62 questions take 6 sheets. Fold each card and keep them in a bowl, and let each guest draw one. At a kitty party, the host can give a small prize for the most convincing answer. For younger players, use would you rather questions for kids, and for quicker picks use this or that questions. For the history of the game, Wikipedia’s would you rather article is a good source.

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